----- Original Message ----- From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" Subject: Re: I love my Heaven77
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, William Robb wrote: > > While I have no reason to disagree with your general comment, my > colleague compared the flare performance of his 43 with that of his > FA50/1.4 and that of a 50 Zeiss (Contax) that he owns. All three > lenses were submitted to similar situations. He tells me he had posted > comments about flare on the 43 in the list in the past, but I cannot > find them in the archive. > What sort of flare is he talking about? A small flare off a sepcular highlight is one thing, an overall veiling flare is quite something else, as is a secondary reflection off of a lens element. It doesn't matter how good the lens coating is, you will always be able to get flare off a lens if you try hard enough. Both of the other lenses you mention have excellent flare control as well, according to what I have read here and elsewhere. William Robb
